SarcasticGamer takes aim at EA Games

DragoniteBallZ | April 07, 2008 | Blog | Linux PC Company Misc

More in particular, SarcasticGamer has called for a boycott of Battlefield: Bad Company. Of course most gamers online would question whether such a boycott had a chance of going anywhere. However, according to SarcasticGamer's statistics, it very well may be. The boycott is already gaining widespread attention. In spite of the odds, the anti-EA crowd is willing to do anything to somehow hit EA games where it hurts.

What this boycott is about? - EA allegedly making another attempt to swindle the gaming industry by stripping down B:BC and posting them as downloadable content for an additional price. Keep in mind, this is more aimed at the issue with Battlefield: Bad Company and not EA Games as a whole - although many who claim they are joining are choosing to boycott EA Games altogether citing this and the many other business practices EA is notorious for.

About a week and a half ago, we took a stand against Battlefield: Bad Company for selling us an incomplete game. Little did I know that our site would garner such an impressive response across the internets. Over 120,000 people have come to the site to either view our Bad Company Boycott Video, read about the Boycott, or download our Boycott wallpaper and avatar pics.

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Guticb | April 08, 2008

I'm all for the boycott. I'm SICK of EA and their pathetic business practices.
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Seproth | April 08, 2008

I'm not buyin.

oh yeah...rate limit...I like the word Broseph
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DragoniteBallZ | April 08, 2008

Although I never liked EA I never really cared about what they been doing until now that they are threatening to get Take 2 and ruin the Grand Theft Auto series. That is just so close to home for me. And I am one of those people who would be devastated if GTA becomes another victim to a demise of EA's acquisition into their corporate hell.
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the undertaker gonzo | April 08, 2008

EA makes a good sport game is what i will give them a positive for. They should stick to there sport games i mean who else knows EA for anything else but a sport game? Sport is there forte and they should stay that way.
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  DragoniteBallZ | April 08, 2008
  
  That's because they are the only company that makes games for half the sports games out there thanks to them monopolizing with their exclusivity licenses. Not to say their sports games aren't decent, but definitely not the best. They didn't earn their place in the sports game genre through making the the best sports games, they did it through buyouts. Before EA started buying out exclusive licenses to sports league franchises, 2k Sports/Sega Sports always made the better, if not, the BEST sports games.
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    Final Blade | April 08, 2008
    
    To be honest i disagree only to the fact i played several EA sports games and i actually think they're good. NHL specifically are pretty good, NHL 08 was awesome imo. The last one wasn't though.
    
    However im going to wait and see before joining the bandwagon of boycotting this game, from what i saw and heard its going to be a great game.
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TurMoiL911 | April 09, 2008

DOWN WITH EA !!!!!

It's not so much the fact that EA wants to ruin Bad Company sales by turning gamers away from the game with having to pay for the additional content for the game. For me, what pisses me off about EA is how they buy out companies just to get the licenses for game series, then forcing the developers to crank out new games for titles at an accelerated rate, both burning the developers out and creating piss-poor sequels compared to the first few.